Biography:
Professor Wei-Chyung Wang has a broad background in atmospheric radiative transfer, climate modeling, and climate data analysis. His research focuses on global and regional climate change due to increases of the atmospheric constituents of greenhouse gases, CO2, O3, CH4, N2O, and CFCs, and particles associated with human activities. Wang has been using a global climate model for understanding the physical and chemical processes concerning the greenhouse effect and stratospheric ozone depletion and for assessing future regional climate changes. He is also engaged in research evaluating the effect and impact of climatic changes on social and economic activities and their policy implications. His research has been funded by U.S. federal agencies including FAA, NASA, DOE, NSF, and AFGL, and by private industry including the Electric Power Research Institute and Chemical Manufacturers Association. In addition to conducting climate research, Wang teaches graduate courses and is very active in graduate education related to global change.
On the international level, he has been an active participant in the United Nations sponsored environmental studies, such as the World Meteorological Organization's Ozone Assessment and the United Nations Environmental Programme's Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Changes. He has organized several international workshops focusing on the issues related to atmospheric ozone and greenhouse gases. Wang has contributed significantly to the scientific exchanges between the United States and the People's Republic of China. He is the U.S. Chief Scientist for three joint research efforts with China; two sponsored by the U. S. Department of Energy and one by the National Science Foundation.

Wang has over one hundred publications in refereed journals and books, including Science and Nature. He received his doctorate in mechanical engineering from Columbia University in 1973.